Govt to build up highly accessible education system

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, Muhammad Yusuf Shaikh Thursday said the government was committed to build up a highly accessible and equitable education system in the country.

He said this while addressing as chief guest at the launching ceremony of “Pakistan Education Statistics 2016-17” at Academy of Educational Planning and Management (AEPAM) Auditorium.

He said education was an important pillar for a competitive economy and it needed many more elements such as a whole set of microeconomic, macro-economic and structural polices to drive competitiveness, innovation and productivity.

He said the government and in particular Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training was committed to provide compulsory education to every child. Strong steps were also being taken to provide quality education to all students, he added.

In order to achieve these goals, we needed an up-to-date, and a comprehensive mechanism of compiling and consolidating educational statistics.

The Pakistan Education Statistics 2016-17 was providing such an avenue for educational planners, decision makers and researchers. The time series data provided in the report would play a vital role in determining the progress in education sector with in the country over the period of time, the minister informed.

Lauding the AEPAM and National Education Management Information System for preparing this report, he said this was very authentic report and researchers could also benefit from it.

Earlier, Director General of AEPAM, Dr Dawood Shah presented salient features of Pakistan Education Statistics 2016-17.